CVE-2018-13793
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the HTTP API in ABBYY FlexiCapture before 12 Release 1 Update 7 exist in Web Verification, Web Scanning, Web Capture, Monitoring and Administration, and Login.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceMultiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities exist in the HTTP API of ABBYY FlexiCapture before version 12 Release 1 Update 7. The vulnerabilities affect Web Verification, Web Scanning, Web Capture, Monitoring and Administration, and Login components. Attackers can exploit these by tricking authenticated users into unknowingly submitting malicious requests to the affected API endpoints.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 12.0.1.263= 12.0.1.267= 12.0.1.282= 12.0.1.292= 12.0.1.367= 12.0.1.428= 12.0.1.475CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed ABBYY FlexiCapture versionOpen ABBYY FlexiCapture 12 Administration and Monitoring Console, then go to Help > About, or check the version from the Windows Programs and Features list. Alternatively, check the file version of the main executable (FlexiCapture.exe) in the installation directory.Affected if The installed version matches one of these build numbers: 12.0.1.263, 12.0.1.267, 12.0.1.282, 12.0.1.292, 12.0.1.367, 12.0.1.428, or 12.0.1.475
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Verify web interface components are enabledCheck if any of the following web components are enabled in the Administration and Monitoring Console under Application Server > Web Services: Web Verification, Web Scanning, Web Capture, or Monitoring and Administration interfaces.Affected if Any of the affected web components (Web Verification, Web Scanning, Web Capture, Monitoring and Administration, or Login) are enabled and accessible over HTTP/HTTPS
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Confirm external access to the web APIReview firewall rules and network configuration to determine if the FlexiCapture web services port (default 80/443 or configured custom port) is exposed to untrusted networks or the internet.Affected if The web API endpoints are reachable from untrusted networks, increasing the likelihood of CSRF exploitation against authenticated users
You are affected if the installed ABBYY FlexiCapture version matches any of the specific build numbers (12.0.1.263 through 12.0.1.475) AND the web-based components (Web Verification, Web Scanning, Web Capture, Monitoring/Administration, or Login) are enabled and accessible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade ABBYY FlexiCapture to version 12 Release 1 Update 7 or later, which contains the security fix for these CSRF vulnerabilities.
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